Railroad switch



Aug. 7, 1923.

1E. H. HEBENs'rREl-r RAILROAD SWITCH Filed Dec, 4, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet lAug. 7 1923. .Mmmm E. H'. HElBENS-[RElT RAILROAD swITH Fil/ed Dec. 4,1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 .g1/mundo@ Y tions QSQand 29 which vwill rock thebell a Vsition from the switch desired.,

of "the beii Crank 27. rheiower @mi @if the vertical vlink-33, ispi'votally connected to the bar 37, which in turn carries the tie rod13.

It will be observed fromthe drawing thisoperating mechanism isV Vatproper height above the rails to be manipulated by a per,- son onta minecar approaching a switch and it will be noticed that, for the sakeV oitconvenience the switch points have been shown as'l closely` adjacent tothe position of the operating mechanism, but may be at any po- Thus theY operating can be located as Vfar from or close to theswitch point asi'ounddesirable under the conditions prevailing at the *point at whichthis apparatus is to be installed.

In operation, a person'on a train approaching the switch point can byVgrasping one'ot the cords -Qeimpart movement to the link 19, "whichY inturn will rock tlietelescopic secc'rank27 which will move thefvertic'allink 353; thereby causing ther'i'odVv 37 to move the sgvitch point. iitY Wiii be seem/that Vai@ vpivotedlever 19v willbe absolutely preventedfrom accidentally becoming misplaced until one of the operatinglcordsrQehas been manipulated, due to the 'actrthat the springQQ slides from oneend ofthe arcuate member 2l to the other.V `Astlie springQQ is connectednear one end of the pivoted lever 19 and has sliding engagement with thearcuate member 2l the spring 22 which is `under tension at all timeswill slide along the arcuate member whenever the lever 19 is moved.

It is to be understood that theformof my invention herewith vshown anddescribed is to be taken as a preferred embodiment of the same, and thatvarious ehanges in shape, size and arrangement of partsmay be fresortedto, without departing from the spirit of my invention or the scope ofthe subjoined claims.

VHaving thus'desc'ribedthe invention what Y tothe under side ,ofsaidplate and its'body traversing the plate vtransversely Vand in spacedrelation thereto, a lever pivotedin- 'termediate its ends to ltlieunderside of said plate one endotf'saidlever extending between the barand theplate, a spring having one end connected to the lever adjacentitsremaining end and the other Vend slidably mounted on said bar, means forconnectingl saidlever to a switch,and means Vfor moving the lever.V i lln a device of the'kind described, a plate, means for mounting saidplate in an elevated position above a railroad rail, an arcuate slidingbar having its endssecured to the under side ot said plate and its bodytraversing the plate transversely and in spaced relationthereto, a leverpivoted in* termediateits ends to the underside ot Ysaid plate, one endof said lever extending between tlie bar and the plate, a spring havingone end connected to the lever adjacent its remaining end and the otherend slidably7 mounted Von said bar, means connecting said levei` to aswitch, a bracket mounted labove said railroad track, a bell crankpivoted at its angle to' saidbracket, an adjustablelinl connectingonearm of the lever with one arm of thebell crank, `a` post extendingverticallyadjacent `the bell crank, a `lever pivotally mounted on' saidpostya link connect? ing the remaining arm'of the bell crank'and theupper end of Asaidpivoted lever, af' link extending' 'from' the loweredge of said pivoted lever, and means to operate s'aidjdevice.V

. 3. Ina devic'eot the kind described', an

elevated plate positioned above a' .railroad ing *one end connectedwtoo-nejend of thek lever, the other end thereof being slidably mountedonsaid bar, means for connectingV said lever to a switchV and means formoving the lever. v

Ll, In a device of the kind described, a

plate, means for securing said plate inranV elevated 'position above arailroadV rail, an

arcuatesliding bar having its endssecured to the under side oit-saidplatev and yits body traversing the plate transversely and in spacedrelation thereto, a lever pivoted intermediate its ends to the underside of said plate, one 'end ot said lever extendingbe-V tweenthe barandthe plateLa springfhaving one end connected tothe lever adjacent'theremaining end and thevother endslidably mountedonsaid bar, dependinggears carried by said plateV t-o restrict the movement Voit said lever,lmeans for.'connecting said lever i toa switch and means vtor movingtlielever. ln testimony whereof l aiiix my signature in presence of twowitnesses. f l f EDWARD H'. HEBENSTREIT. i lVitnesses: f Y Y Les L.NmsMANN, r TEMPLE. 4 'i y* l l

